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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.   These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary.  Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more.  There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.

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ABRAM LEONIDAS DOLLENS, merchant, Verona, was born in Florence, Boone county, Ky., a son of Robert William and Elizabeth Eleanor (Stansifer) Dollens, of Kentucky. His grandfather, William Dollens, was said to be a descendant of John Randolph, of Roanoke, and the Stansifer blood is German. Robert Dollens was a slaveholder and extensive planter, and sent his son to school at Louisiana, Mo., for five years. During vacations he was employed as clerk in stores, and after completing his education he engaged in the manufacture of tobacco at Louisiana, Mo., and in Covington, Louisville, New Albany and other points. He became a resident of Pittsburgh in 1870, and engaged in the wholesale drug trade for over ten years. In 1881 he opened a general store in Verona, where he has since resided. Mr. Dollens was married, in 1874, to Amelia Alma, daughter of William Loder and Mary (Conning) Meyrick, all born in England. The family is united with Trinity Episcopal Church in Pittsburgh, and includes two children, William Meyrick and Anna Meyrick. Mr. Dollens was a republican before the war. He served six months, enlisting, in 1861, in the 5th Mo. S. M., and helped to keep eleven counties clear of rebel soldiery and guerrillas. He is now a pronounced democrat.

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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.

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